Synopsis
A tale of a civilzation starting upward again—under the handicaps of misunderstanding!
History
First publication: Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1941
Review
Bond has recovered from the mediocrity of the second Meg story and wrote an excellent conclusion to the trilogy. While the writing of all these stories is not incredible, there are many things to like: good characters, an interesting world and a story that takes a heroine from being just a member of a tribe to being taken for a goddess. The mistakes that everybody in this world makes about the leftovers of past civilization are also fascinating and at times even funny. You can’t just write these off as old science fiction. You have a strong female lead character who falls into the role of Mother of a new world. You have a very interesting post-apocalyptic world. And the ways that Bond distorts religion are daring for their day. Recommended. I just wish the second story could go away.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1941, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr., magazine, Street & Smith, 1941-02-00
All of the stories in the Meg the Priestess series:
1 The Priestess Who Rebelled
2 The Judging of the Priestess
3 Magic City
